Floridians Board Meeting
June 4, 2012
9:30 A.M. PGICA
In attendance were Chuck Modglin, Judy Berger, Cynthia Cowdrey, Diane Lowy, Bill Schindler, Elaine
Struk, Ray Grimes and Sue MacKay.
Minutes
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The minutes of the May 7 Board meeting were approved as submitted.
Treasurer’s Report
Diane stated we have a current balance of $3,821.98.
Membership
There are no new members. The membership remains at 203. Ray is holding 4 sets of unpaid name tags.
He was asked to follow up on this.
Committee Reports
Food and Friends
Carol Neiberline and Cynthia Cowdrey were hostesses for May. Each hostess had 8 people including
themselves. The Ketts’s, Berger’s. Longs and Connolly’s will host June-September respectively.
Cynthia will be gone July and August. Diane offered to cover June and July. Hostesses are still needed
for August and September. The membership will be reminded that they cannot attend dinners unless they
host at least once during the year.
Lunch Bunch
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Judy Berger will host the June 13 girls gathering. The men will gather at Gators for June and Wally’s in
July.
Meet and Greet
We will return to Jack’s for the summer. They will offer a 2 for1 dinner.
Dine Around
There were 29 members at Bianca’s. Drinks were ½ price and a free dessert given. The service and food
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were very good. Diane mentioned they have entertainment similar to Vivanti. The June 26 gathering will
be at Jimmy’s Grill in Port Charlotte.
Out and About
Darlene will combine Out and About with Dine Around for June-October. A tour of Gasparilla @ Boca
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Grande has been arranged for November 16 . A free tour of the grounds will start at 9:00AM with lunch to
follow at the Pink Elephant.
Movie Time
6 attended The Avengers, and 6 attended Dark Shadow. 11 had dinner at Carabbas. Dave and Sue
Berger will take over Movie Time January, 2013.
Web Site
Elaine says she would like to have a member take over our Web Site. She will continue on if necessary.
Old Business
The membership will be reminded that they must host or they cannot attend a Food and Friends.
Because the number of attendees is shrinking, hostesses may be asked to host 2 times a year.
Bill and Susan Berger will be unable to set up the room for the 6/11 Red neck cook-out. Cynthia offered to
go to Sam’s Club to get the burgers, brats, buns and condiments. We are estimating at least 50
attendees, which includes the Single’s Club. Chuck will do the cooking. Appetizers and desserts will be
handled the same way as done for our annual April cook-out.
New Business
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For the July 9 Ice Cream social, Chuck received bids from Cubby’s, Working Cow and Cool Scoops. The
Board approved Cool Scoops, a new business in Punta Gorda, and authorized Chuck to sign a contract
with them. They will offer us Single scoops at $1.50, Sundaes at $2.00 and Double scoops at $3.00.
Toppings are included. The Board asked Chuck to see if they have reduced fat/sugar-free tubs. Judy
offered to get ice-cream hats for our volunteers.
The August General Meeting will be our Pizza party.
Linda S. will be contacting the LLI Institute inviting them speak at our September meeting.
Chuck was asked to get a contract from Twin Isles for our annual Xmas party ASAP. The Singles Club
will be invited to join us. If Twin Isles is not available, we will talk with St. Andrews.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30am.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan (Sue) MacKay, Secretary
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